Roger Alfonso, 27, a Collier County emergency medical technician is accused of stealing money from a patient's wallet while he was being transported to a hospital, reports the Naples Daily News.

The patient's wife told authorities that her husband allegedly handed a medic his wallet to give to her. When she later opened the wallet she noted that an undisclosed amount of money was missing, according to Alfonso’s arrest report.

Investigators later determined that Alfonso was the suspect, the report noted.

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